New York mother, who went shopping with her dead baby in a handbag, sentenced

Tiona Rodriguez was 17 when she smothered her baby after giving birth in a friend’s bathroom on 16 October 2013 - File Photo Facebook A New York City teenager, who killed her newborn baby boy and later put his body in a handbag before going shopping at Victoria's Secret, has been jailed for 16 years on Thursday (22 February). Tiona Rodriguez was 17 when she smothered her baby after giving birth in a friend's bathroom on 16 October 2013. She ripped the 8-pound boy's umbilical cord with her hands and suffocated him. While shopping at a store in Manhattan, New York, she was initially stopped by security guards for shoplifting. When they searched her bag after noticing a foul smell coming from her bag, they found a tiny decomposing baby, New York Post reported. If the case had gone to trial the now 21-year-old would reportedly have faced life imprisonment. However, in January ...